Stories from Friday, August 24, 2007

By Steve Moyer Nevada Daily Mail Thursday at noon State Representative Barney Fisher said the Missouri House appeared to be ready to approve a $50 million economic development bill similar to an earlier bill vetoed by Governor Matt Blunt. Later that afternoon the House did approve it...

The Nevada Thorco Safety Committee was honored Wednesday at a barbecue lunch provided by the company because the plant had two years without a lost-time accident. Joining the Nevada workers at the barbecue were managers from plants in Butler, Cassville and Lamar...

September 1 will be Nevada Night at the Springfield Cardinals baseball game with the Arkansas Travelers at Hammons Field in Springfield. The first pitch for the game between farm clubs of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Angles is scheduled for 6:10 Saturday evening...

James Robert Biswell, 86, formerly of El Dorado Springs, Mo., went to be with his Heavenly Father on Aug. 23., 2007. He was born April 23, 1921, in Geary, Okla., to John M. Biswell and Mary R. (Slavens) Biswell. After completing the eighth grade, Jim went to work for Western Union Kansas City to help support his family. ...

Wayne Williamson, 81, formerly of Treasure Valley, Colo., passed away in Denver, Colo., after an extended battle with cancer. Wayne was born near Plato, Mo. He attended Houston High School and moved to Harwood, Mo., in 1946. He was the third of seven children born to John T. ...

Richard Kesterson Potter, 85, passed away on Aug. 20th, 2007, in Sonoma, Cali., where he had resided for more than 30 years. Richard graduated from University of Missouri with a degree in business and personnel management, interrupting his studies to serve as a field artillery captain in the U.S. Army in World War II. Richard and his wife Jean moved to her native California in 1952, where he was an industrial engineer with American Can Company for 33 years...

Velda Rose Rahn, 86, Harrisonville, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007 at Woodbine Nursing Home, Gladstone, Mo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the First Baptist Church, Harrisonville, Mo.; burial in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville. Visitation from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville, Mo., (816) 380-3268...

Tomorrow High: 88 Local forecast Today: Occasional showers and thunderstorms. High near 88. Southwest wind between 13 and 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 precent. Tonight: Rain and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent...

By Mack McClure Nevada Daily Mail KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- This was supposed to be the proving-ground game, a coming-out party, for Brodie Croyle, the Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback of the future, wasn't it? Thursday night's NFL preseason game with the New Orleans Saints was supposed to cement Croyle's status as the Chiefs starting quarterback, distancing himself from veteran Damon Huard and third-stringer Casey Printers...

By Nancy Malcom Nevada Daily Mail The Clayton 4-H Club met at the Bushwhacker Museum Tuesday night. After a short business meeting they were treated to a tour of the museum. Peggy Pyle, Vernon County Historical Society member, Bushwhacker Museum volunteer and former 4-H project leader related a short history of Deerfield and Vernon County, including a few Civil War stories about military skirmishes in the Deerfield area...